Frugal Living: Living without Air Conditioning in the Summer?

I of late read an article about saving money throughout the summer by not turning on your air conditioner. While I will likely not even try this one, I decided to share it with some of you guys to see if any of you are courageous enough to attempt it.

The narrative from the article is that the author had not used the air conditioner in two summers and it was quite easy to adjust to the change.

The tips are to turn off the a/c (obviously), when you are spending time outside, you are doing so in the shade, do not even turn on the air conditioner in the automobile, and steer clear of places that have air conditioners so that you will not throw off all the adjusting your body has done. The author says that your body will adjust to a certain level of warmth and will do whatever it can to keep you cooled as long as you are drinking plenty of fluids and doing other things to keep yourself cool.

Stay indoors throughout the hottest part of the day, but stay outside in the shade is one of the tips I did not comprehend at first, then the article went on to say that there are ways to keep your house cooler in the daytime as long as certain measures are taken at night to help your house out the subsequent day. The author suggests getting up in the morning and closing all the windows and doors and to cover them with a strong shade or black out drape.

Another tip to keeping the house cool is to use a smaller amount electricity from indoor appliances as possible. I will say, in the summer I try to do laundry at night and use a toaster oven to cook when I can to help keep the house cool. This author goes as far as to say do not dry your clothes in the dryer at all, cook outside on the grill, and use ceiling fans in a counter clockwise direction.

At the end of the day, open all the windows to allow in cooler air. I would have a serious problem doing this. Where I live, there are too many different kinds of bugs that can get into my house from the windows, even the windows with screens on them.

The author of the editorial claims that they were capable to save between $60 and $150 a month on their electric bill. Like I said, that is a huge reduction in the cost of electricity, but I do not for myself think I could do it for an entire summer. Good luck to anyone that may want to try though! Pick up the newest on saving money while reading up on several Stock Information.